Uncomfortable Conversations with Josh Szeps

Justin Amash was the first Republican member of congress to call for Donald Trump’s impeachment. He was subsequently described by Trump as “one of the dumbest & most disloyal men in Congress”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cathy Young is a former Boston Globe columnist and contributing editor at Reason. She writes a weekly column on politics, social issues and culture at Arc Digital. Why have so many independent thinkers careened off into knee-jerk contrarianism and conspiratorial thinking during the pandemic? Feminist, journalist and contrarian herself, Cathy Young, has a theory.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Peter made millions in crypto, lost millions in crypto, and bought an English soccer club with crypto. He now hosts the world's biggest podcast about bitcoin. How the hell did he do it? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Frum is the former George W Bush speechwriter who invented the phrase “an axis of evil”. He is now a senior editor at The Atlantic.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's been a hell of a week. Josh is back from America and jumps in solo to discuss the post-Rogan Twitter fallout, Myocarditis fact checking, what public health means, so-called "concentration camps" and some of the more stupid takes on the whole thing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What’s sex? What's sexuality? What’s gender? Are trans women “real” women? Are woke activists expanding womanhood, or deranging it? Alice Dreger is one of the world’s foremost academic experts on sex, sexuality and intersexuality. Her recent Quillette article is “Can We Have Sex Back?” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For the last show of 2021, its about time we heard from you. Your questions, for Josh, answered. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did the pandemic turn Australia into a nation of paranoid, boot-licking dobbers? Brigid Delaney is a Guardian Australia columnist whose upcoming book is about Stoicism.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The latest in of Permission To Think, a collaboration with the University of Technology Sydney - Josh speaks with social psychologist and the host of the podcast Unmasking The Abuser, Dr. Dina Mcmillan. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jamie Woodhouse is the founder of Sentientism, a movement for granting evidence, reason and compassion to all sentient beings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.